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Paul Sanchez. Photo by Joanna Degeneres

Ghost Stories: New Orleans musician Paul Sanchez tells his tale

October 30, 2019 by: John Swenson

It’s been 15 years since New Orleans was left for dead after Hurricane Katrina. Officials from the lowest to the highest level of government looted what was left of the city while its population was being shipped all over the United States. Social media as we know it today did not exist; there was no way for violently separated families to find information about each other, no means to return unless you had money. It was so bad that if you didn’t live through it yourself you probably can’t ev...

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